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LEMON SQUBEZBR.

' No. 276,424. Patented Apr.24,1 883.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIC".

ALBERT O. KELLY AND GEORGE W. WIMMER, OF SAN FRANGISOO, CALIFORNIA.

LEMON-SQUEEZER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 276,424, dated April24, 188

Application filed January 9, 1883. (No model.)

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ALBERT (J. KELLY and GEORGE W. WIMMER, of the cityand county of San Francisco, State of California, have invented animproved Lemon-Sqneezer; and we hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description thereof.

Our invention relates to a compressing device which is especiallyapplicable to squeezing lemons and extracting the juice therefrom, andfor other similar purposes.

It consists of two jaws suitably'shaped to receive the lemon or otherobject. One of these jaws has two handles hinged to its sides, while theother has a stem extending back centrally between the handles, to whichit is united by a knee-lever, so that when the handles are closed thetwo jaws will be made to approach each other, as will be more fullyexplained in the accompanying drawings, in whichi I Figure 1 isajperspective view of our device. Fig. 2 is a modification.

A and B are the twojaws of alemon-squeezer. These jaws may be made ofvarious shapes, as in the form of a 'barrel, of a lemon, or otherfanciful shape. In Fig. l we have shown the jaw A as a continuous stripof suflicient width, having the back and sides approximately flat andthe outer side'fcurved, as shown at a. The jaw B is curved similarly tothe side a, and is short enough to move within the part A, between itssides.

Two handles, 0, are hinged to the opposite sides of the part A,extending back far enough to give the requisite leverage and power.

A stem, D, is fixed to the jaw B, and extends back through a hole in therear portion of the part A, midway between the handles, so that the jawB may move forward or back and be properly guided.

force the jaw B toward the curved part a of the jaw A with agradually-increasing power as the angle between the arms E becomes moreacute, thus producing a very efficient pressure.

In Fig. 2 we have shown the jaws A and B hinged together at the top, sothat the lower edges may be separated to pick up a half lime or lemon tosqueeze it without handling.

The handles are hinged to the jaw A, and the stem D in this case mayhave a joint attachment to the back of the jaw B to allow it to moveeasily about the hinge at the top when thejaws open.

Having thus described our invention, what.

we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A lemon-squeezer consisting of the jaws A B, in combination with thehandles (3 O, hinged to one of the jaws, on opposite sides thereof, andthe reciprocating stem D, connected with the other, the toggleconnectionE E, uniting it with the handles, so that it will be moved to and fromthe opposite jaw by closing and opening the handles, substantially asherein described.

ALBERT O. KELLY. GEORGE W. WIMMER.

Witnesses:

L. H. NoURsE, GEo. W. EMERSON.

